Kaczyński - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Opposition to a movement named for two brothers with this last name often satirizes them as ducks. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this last name of two politicians who founded their country’s Justice Party. A president with this last name was killed in a plane crash outside of Smolensk.

ANSWER: Kaczyński (“kah-CHEEN-skee”) [accept Jarosław Kaczyński or Lech Kaczyński]

[10m] The aircraft carrying Kaczyński had crashed en route to this village. This village names a massacre of Polish officers during World War II.

ANSWER: Katyn (“kah-TEEN”)

[10e] Kaczyński’s anti-communist rhetoric may have originated from the time he spent with as a member of this organization led by Lech Wałęsa (“leck vah-WEN-suh”). This trade union’s strike at the Lenin Shipyards eventually precipitated the democratization of Poland.

ANSWER: Solidarity [or Solidarność]

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California	Main	Y	4	20.00	75%	50%	75%
Canada	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	14.17	83%	42%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	13.00	80%	50%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	20%	60%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	11.25	75%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	9	17.78	100%	44%	33%

Data


Berkeley E	Berkeley A	0	0	0	0
Stanford A	Berkeley B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
Stanford C	Berkeley D	10	0	10	20
Claremont Scripps	UCI	0	10	10	20
USC	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
UCSB	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
UCLA D	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	10	20
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Guelph B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
Carleton	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	McMaster B	10	10	10	30
McMaster C	Toronto C	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Queen's B	0	0	10	10
Toronto A	McGill C	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
McGill B	Toronto D	0	10	10	20
Toronto J	Waterloo	0	0	0	0
Toronto K	Ottawa	0	0	10	10
Western Ontario	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	10	20
UF B	FIU	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	WashU A	0	10	10	20
UCF A	UCF B	0	10	10	20
UF A	UF E	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Chicago C	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Notre Dame D	0	10	0	10
Chicago D	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	UIC	0	0	0	0
Indiana A	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Illinois C	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
Macalester A	St. Thomas	10	0	10	20
Macalester B	Carleton	10	0	10	20
Minnesota A	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Alberta	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
British Columbia D	Washington A	0	0	10	10
Washington B	Simon Fraser	0	10	10	20
Nebraska	Minnesota C	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	McGill D	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Northwestern C	0	0	0	0
Northwestern A	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Ohio	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Tulsa	Iowa	0	0	10	10
UCO	Alberta B	0	0	10	10
UTD B	UTD A	0	0	0	0
UAB A	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Bristol B	0	10	10	20
City St George's A	Cambridge B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
LSE A	Imperial B	0	0	10	10
Manchester A	Durham B	10	0	10	20
Oxford A	Southampton A	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Sheffield A	0	0	10	10
Sheffield C	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Southampton B	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Bruin A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Huntsville A	Huntsville B	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Mississippi State A	0	0	10	10